Nick Howell, Global Field CTO for Cloud Data Services, takes the delegates on a personal journey of evolution. He takes a look at how the cloud and IT are evolving. Also discussed is the birth of NetApp Cloud Data Services, including Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Cloud Volumes Service, Azure NetApp Files, CloudSync, Tiering, and Compliance.

Santosh Rao, Technical Director for AI, discusses what an AI pipeline looks like and wha the role of Systems for AI looks like as well. He also discusses the bottlenecks in system architecture and shows how NeApp is building Core to Cloud AI, Control Plan, and AI for Vertical Architectures to address those questions.